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Ric Roman
Ric R. Roman (September 29, 1916 – August 11, 2000) was an American actor. He was perhaps best known for his roles in the films '' Lone Star'' (1952), '' Shadows of Tombstone'' (1953), '' Lizzie'' (1957) and '' The Wayward Girl'' (1957). He also appeared in a number of television series, notably ''Zorro'' (1957–1959) and ''Batman Batman is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, and debuted in the 27th issue of the comic book '' Detective Comics'' on March 30, 1939 ...'' (year two, episodes 29 and 30). Filmography Film Television References Bibliography * Lentz, Robert. ''Gloria Grahame, Bad Girl of Film Noir: The Complete Career''. McFarland, 2011. External links * 1916 births 2000 deaths American male film actors American male television actors 20th-century American male actors {{US-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global cultural, financial, entertainment, and media center with a significant influence on commerce, health care and life sciences, research, technology, educa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sirocco (film)
''Sirocco'' is a 1951 American film noir directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Humphrey Bogart. The film name is derived from ''Sirocco'', a strong wind blowing in the Mediterranean, coming from the Sahara desert. It is hot and dry and is said to make people irritable. The film is set in Syria somewhat east of the wind's paths. Plot In 1925 Damascus, the native Syrians are engaged in a guerrilla war against the French colonial rule of Syria. Harry Smith is an American black marketeer, secretly selling weapons to the guerillas. As the situation deteriorates, French General LaSalle orders that civilian sympathisers be executed each time his soldiers are killed, but his head of military intelligence, Colonel Feroud, persuades him to alter the plan, and simply detain civilians for 48 hours. Feroud calls in five of the city's profiteers (including Smith and Balukjiaan) and accuses them of selling food at excessive prices. Smith is the only one who appears to be willing to cooper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansas City Confidential
''Kansas City Confidential'' is a 1952 American film noir and crime film directed by Phil Karlson starring John Payne (actor), John Payne and Coleen Gray. The film was released in the United Kingdom as ''The Secret Four''. Karlson and Payne teamed a year later for ''99 River Street'', another film noir, followed by ''Hell's Island'', a film noir in color. This film is now in the public domain in home video and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Sony Pictures for theatrical, TV and Internet. Plot The ruthless Mr. Big is timing the arrival of an armored car picking up money from a bank and a flower delivery truck. He plans to rob the armored car with three men: Peter Harris (a gambler wanted for murder); Boyd Kane (a cop killer); and Tony Romano (a womanizing get-away driver). When interviewing them, he wears a mask so they cannot identify him. They were selected because each has a reason for fleeing the US. The plan includes using a duplicate flower delivery truck. The robbery and pursui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Springfield Rifle (film)
''Springfield Rifle'' is an American Western film directed by Andre DeToth and released by Warner Bros. Pictures in 1952. The film is set during the American Civil War and stars Gary Cooper, with Phyllis Thaxter and Lon Chaney Jr. It is described as "essentially an espionage thriller that pits a Union intelligence officer (Gary Cooper) against a Confederate spy ring." Plot A Confederate spy has been informing rustlers about the timing and route of horse herds being driven by the Union Army, enabling the herds to be seized. Charged with cowardice when he abandons such a herd in the face of greater numbers, Major Lex Kearney is drummed out of the Union Army with a dishonorable discharge. His disgrace is complete, with wife Erin even informing him that their ashamed son has run away. What no one knows is that Kearney has accepted a fake discharge so he can carry out a top-secret assignment to go undercover to find the rustlers and the spy who has been giving them the information. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actor's And Sin
''Actors and Sin'' is a 1952 American comedy film written, produced and directed by Ben Hecht. The film marks Edward G. Robinson's second film with actress Marsha Hunt. It is also known by its section names of ''Actor's Blood'' and ''Woman of Sin''. Lee Garmes was codirector and cinematographer, as he was on most of the films that Hecht directed. Plot The film lampoons the Hollywood motion picture industry and is separated into two sections. The first section is ''Actor's Blood'', a morality play about legitimate theater. The second section is ''Woman of Sin'', a send-up of Hollywood greed. ''Actor's Blood'' takes place in New York City. Broadway star Marcia Tillayou has been found shot dead in her apartment. Her father Maurice is himself an actor, and had watched her theater career rise as his own declined. She had let success overcome her, and had thus alienated critics, fans, producers and her playwright husband. She had a few recent stage flops before being murdered. ''Wom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoodlum Empire
''Hoodlum Empire'' is a 1952 American film noir crime film directed by Joseph Kane starring Brian Donlevy, Claire Trevor, Forrest Tucker, Vera Ralston, Luther Adler and John Russell.. It was inspired by the Kefauver Committee hearings dealing with organized crime. Plot Former gangster Joe Gray (Russell) joined the army during World War II and became a hero is now leading a respectable life. When he is called before a grand jury to testify against organized crime activities, his former mobster colleagues prepare to take measures to ensure that he doesn't. Cast * Brian Donlevy as Senator Bill Stephens * Claire Trevor as Connie Williams * Forrest Tucker as Charley Pignatalli * Vera Ralston as Marte Dufour * Luther Adler as Nick Mancani * John Russell as Joe Gray * Gene Lockhart as Senator Tower * Grant Withers as Rev. Simon Andrews * Taylor Holmes as Benjamin Lawton * Roy Barcroft as Louis Draper * William Murphy as Pete Dailey * Richard Jaeckel as Ted Dawso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viva Zapata!
''Viva Zapata!'' is a 1952 American Western film directed by Elia Kazan and starring Marlon Brando. The screenplay was written by John Steinbeck, using Edgcomb Pinchon's 1941 book ''Zapata the Unconquerable'' as a guide. The cast includes Jean Peters and, in an Academy Award-winning performance, Anthony Quinn. The film is a fictionalized account of the life of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata from his peasant upbringing through his rise to power in the early 1900s and his death in 1919. To make the film as authentic as possible, Kazan and producer Darryl F. Zanuck studied the numerous photographs that were taken during the revolutionary years, the period between 1909 and 1919 when Zapata led the fight to restore land taken from common people during the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz. Kazan was especially impressed with the Agustín Casasola collection of photographs and he attempted to duplicate their visual style in the film. Kazan also acknowledged the influence o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harem Girl
''Harem Girl'' is a 1952 American comedy film directed by Edward Bernds and written by Edward Bernds and Elwood Ullman. The film stars Joan Davis, Peggie Castle, Arthur Blake, Paul Marion, Donald Randolph and Henry Brandon. The film was released on January 21, 1952, by Columbia Pictures. Plot Cast * Joan Davis Josephine "Joan" Davis (June 29, 1907 – May 22, 1961) was an American comedic actress whose career spanned vaudeville, film, radio, and television. Remembered best for the 1950s television comedy '' I Married Joan'', Davis had a successful e ... as Susie Perkins * Peggie Castle as Princess Shareen * Arthur Blake as Abdul Nassib * Paul Marion as Majeed * Donald Randolph as Jamal * Henry Brandon as Hassan Ali * Minerva Urecal as Aniseh * Peter Mamakos as Sarab * John Dehner as Khalil References External links * {{Edward Bernds 1952 films American comedy films 1952 comedy films Columbia Pictures films Films directed by Edward Bernds Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scandal Sheet (1952 Film)
''Scandal Sheet'' is a 1952 American film noir directed by Phil Karlson. The film is based on the novel ''The Dark Page'' by Samuel Fuller, who himself was a newspaper reporter before his career in film. The drama features Broderick Crawford, Donna Reed and John Derek. Plot Mark Chapman (Broderick Crawford) is a 20-year newspaper man who, as editor of the "''New York Express''," has made the newspaper a success by pursuing sensationalism and yellow journalism. His protégé is ace reporter Steve McCleary (John Derek), while successful feature writer Julie Allison (Donna Reed) is frustrated by the paper's drift towards sensationalist reporting. One night, during a lonely hearts dance organized by the ''Express'', Chapman's estranged wife confronts him and demands he visit her hotel room. It is revealed that Chapman's real name is George Grant, and he abandoned his wife and left her penniless decades earlier, changing his identity. When Chapman again rebuffs her, she threatens to p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lady Pays Off
''The Lady Pays Off'' is a 1951 American romantic comedy film starring Linda Darnell, Stephen McNally and Gigi Perreau, and directed by Douglas Sirk. A teacher finds herself with a large gambling debt that she has to pay off in an unusual way. Plot Evelyn Walsh Warren is named Teacher of the Year and her photo is on the cover of ''Time'' magazine, but she is dissatisfied with her uneventful life. That changes when she goes to Reno and inadvertently loses $7000 at the roulette Roulette is a casino game named after the French word meaning ''little wheel'' which was likely developed from the Italian game Biribi''.'' In the game, a player may choose to place a bet on a single number, various groupings of numbers, the ... table, mistaking $100 chips for $1 ones. Casino owner Matt Braddock offers her a deal: He will tear up her IOU if she finds out what is wrong with his nine-year-old daughter Diane, who is moping around, not eating and having nightmares. When Evelyn refus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Of Caliente
'' South of Caliente '' is a 1951 American Western film directed by William Witney and starring Roy Rogers Roy Rogers (born Leonard Franklin Slye; November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998) was an American singer, actor, and television host. Following early work under his given name, first as co-founder of the Sons of the Pioneers and then acting, the rebra .... One highlight of the film is the gypsy dance as done by Lillian Molieri (aka Lupe Mayorga). Her husband Francisco Mayorga worked with Roy in "Hands Across The Border." and her young adopted son, (Later to be a Hall of Fame Guitarist) Bill Aken did a vocal duet with Roy on the song "The Big Silver Screen" in 1959. A unique two generation family association in which all three family members appeared with Roy Rogers. Plot Cast References External links * * * * 1951 films 1951 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films American Western (genre) films Films directed by William Witney 1950s English-la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slaughter Trail
''Slaughter Trail'' is a 1951 Cinecolor Western film produced and directed by Irving Allen, filmed in Corriganville and released by RKO Pictures. Plot A trio of masked bandits rob a stagecoach secretly assisted by one of the passengers. The fleeing bandits come across some unarmed Navajo who they shoot and steal their horses. One of the Navajo survives and informs the tribe who sets his tribe on the warpath against all whites. The commander of the US Cavalry fort who is friendly with the Navajo chief is caught in the middle. Main cast * Brian Donlevy as Capt. Dempster * Gig Young as Ike Vaughn * Virginia Grey as Lorabelle Larkin * Andy Devine as Sgt. Macintosh * Robert Hutton as Lt. Morgan * Terry Gilkyson as Singalong Production The film was made in 1950 and was originally to have been released through Eagle-Lion but was picked up for release by RKO. Originally the film was shot with Howard Da Silva in the lead. After he was accused of Communist leanings, RKO ordered D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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